Is this a Windows 8 system?
If so, are you trying to move the OS from the original drive to the SSD?
... doing that requires creating a new EFI boot entry on the SSD to support the Secure Boot function

"... The SSD is a mSATA. " ==> Does your laptop use a chipset that supports Intel's SRT? (Smart Response Technology)

If so, it's likely that the SSD is being used just fine ... but it won't show as a separate drive, as it's simply used as a cache for the larger hard drive. I'd expect some setting for this in the BIOS -- check carefully to see what options it has.

It is not SRT. SRT is not an option with more than 8 Gigs of RAM. (According to HP sales) It turns out that HP sells a kit that allows bootable OS from the SSD. I don't need the hardware at HP pricing and I doubt they would sell me the software as standalone.

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Got it. The SSD is a Samsung 840 mSata 120Gb. The laptop is an HP Envy running Win7 with the BIOS in legacy mode. The Envy has an mSata slot next to the HDD bay. I used the Paragon Software Group migration software as suggested by garycase.

Since the BIOS is dysfunction-ally firm... but the OS was able to read and write to the SSD as a LU, I just used a boot manager which was able to recognize the SSD as a bootable partition. (Avanquest Partition Commander)

Sorry if I didn't do this right. This worked:
The SSD is a Samsung 840 mSata 120Gb. The laptop is an HP Envy running Win7 with the BIOS in legacy mode. The Envy has an mSata slot next to the HDD bay. I used the Paragon Software Group migration software as suggested by garycase.

Since the BIOS is dysfunction-ally firm... but the OS was able to read and write to the SSD as a LU, I just used a boot manager which was able to recognize the SSD as a bootable partition. (Avanquest Partition Commander)

Glad you got it working okay. It's surprising the BIOS won't allow the mSATA unit to be assigned as a boot device ... but you found a good work-a-round the resolves it. Next time there's a BIOS update, be sure to check and see if it updates the boot choices -- you may be able to boot directly to the mSATA then.

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